2011 | Charleston, South Carolina
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| Charleston County |
Error Margin |
National Benchmark* |
South Carolina | Rank (of 46) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Outcomes | 6 | ||||
| Mortality | 12 | ||||
| Premature death | 8,839 | 8,476-9,203 | 5,564 | 9,264 | |
| Morbidity | 5 | ||||
| Poor or fair health | 11% | 10-13% | 10% | 16% | |
| Poor physical health days | 2.9 | 2.6-3.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | |
| Poor mental health days | 3.2 | 2.9-3.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | |
| Low birthweight | 10.2% | 9.9-10.6% | 6.0% | 10.1% | |
| Health Factors | 4 | ||||
| Health Behaviors | 6 | ||||
| Adult smoking | 20% | 19-22% | 15% | 22% | |
| Adult obesity | 26% | 24-28% | 25% | 30% | |
| Excessive drinking | 23% | 21-25% | 8% | 15% | |
| Motor vehicle crash death rate | 18 | 16-19 | 12 | 24 | |
| Sexually transmitted infections | 786 | 83 | 597 | ||
| Teen birth rate | 45 | 43-46 | 22 | 52 | |
| Clinical Care | 3 | ||||
| Uninsured adults | 23% | 20-26% | 13% | 21% | |
| Primary care physicians | 457:1 | 631:1 | 872:1 | ||
| Preventable hospital stays | 58 | 56-60 | 52 | 68 | |
| Diabetic screening | 81% | 77-86% | 89% | 81% | |
| Mammography screening | 66% | 61-70% | 74% | 65% | |
| Social & Economic Factors | 8 | ||||
| High school graduation | 73% | 92% | 74% | ||
| Some college | 69% | 68% | 56% | ||
| Unemployment | 9.1% | 5.3% | 11.7% | ||
| Children in poverty | 22% | 18-25% | 11% | 22% | |
| Inadequate social support | 23% | 21-26% | 14% | 22% | |
| Children in single-parent households | 40% | 20% | 38% | ||
| Violent crime rate | 957 | 100 | 758 | ||
| Physical Environment | 12 | ||||
| Air pollution-particulate matter days | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Air pollution-ozone days | 7 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Access to healthy foods | 68% | 92% | 65% | ||
| Access to recreational facilities | 13 | 17 | 9 | ||
* 90th percentile, i.e., only 10% are better
Note: Blank values reflect unreliable or missing data
